I actually l already did and he said thats fine as long as I don't mind waiting for it to come out! So yay!! I get a free copy of Spore!!! Weeee!

you lose the experience of holding it in your hand at the counter

But gain the privilege that Steve, the one who made the forum i discovered Spore in, will be getting Spore for me. I think that's the most fitting of all after all the cool things that have happened here. I mean since discovering Spore here i have; met Will Wright and went to E3 2006, made the Creature Editor v3 with Huggs, developed countless alien creatures and even made the well known Naucean, made a spin off alien ecosystem site with Sagan 4, made some great friends, shared my many Sim Storytelling and Caveman games, won LadyM's Sim House season 2 and now won a copy of Spore from Gaming Steve himself! Needless to say this forum is a blast to be at and i am so glad i stumbled upon it back in spring 2005 when looking for a game patch for the game "Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life".